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→Create and Deploy Virtual Machines: Added VMDirectPath
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* VM Hardware v4 runs on ESX3 or ESX4, v7 runs on ESX4 only | * VM Hardware v4 runs on ESX3 or ESX4, v7 runs on ESX4 only | ||
* VM's running MS Windows should have SCSI TimoutValue changed to 60 secs to allow Windows to tolerate delayed SAN I/O from path failovers | * VM's running MS Windows should have SCSI TimoutValue changed to 60 secs to allow Windows to tolerate delayed SAN I/O from path failovers | ||
'''Disk Types''' | '''Disk Types''' | ||
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* Thin - minimal space usage (conversion to Thick is manual process) | * Thin - minimal space usage (conversion to Thick is manual process) | ||
Can't specify for NFS stores (controlled by the NFS server itself) | Can't specify for NFS stores (controlled by the NFS server itself) | ||
'''Memory''' | '''Memory''' | ||
* Minimum of 4MB, increments of 4MB | * Minimum of 4MB, increments of 4MB | ||
* Maximum for best performance - threshold over which a VM's preformance will be degraded if memory size exceeded (varies dependant on load on ESX) | * Maximum for best performance - threshold over which a VM's preformance will be degraded if memory size exceeded (varies dependant on load on ESX) | ||
'''SCSI Controller Types''' | '''SCSI Controller Types''' | ||
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*** Fault Tolerance | *** Fault Tolerance | ||
*** MSCS Clustering (so also SQL clusters) | *** MSCS Clustering (so also SQL clusters) | ||
'''N-port ID virtualization (NPIV)''' | '''N-port ID virtualization (NPIV)''' | ||
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* ESX's HBA's must support NPIV | * ESX's HBA's must support NPIV | ||
* NPIV enabled VM's are assigned 4 NPIV WWN's | * NPIV enabled VM's are assigned 4 NPIV WWN's | ||
'''vNICs''' | '''vNICs''' | ||
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* '''VMXNET2''' - Aka enhanced VMXNET, supports jumbo frames and TSO, limited OS support | * '''VMXNET2''' - Aka enhanced VMXNET, supports jumbo frames and TSO, limited OS support | ||
* '''VMXNET3''' - Performance driver, only supported on VM hardware v7, and limited OS's | * '''VMXNET3''' - Performance driver, only supported on VM hardware v7, and limited OS's | ||
'''VMDirectpath''' | |||
Allows direct access to PCI devices (aka passthrough devices), using inhibits | |||
* VMotion | |||
* Hot add | |||
* Suspend and resume, Record and replay | |||
* Fault Tolerance | |||
* HA | |||
An orange icon when trying to add a passthrough device indicates that the device has changed and the ESX must be bounced before it can be used. | |||
'''vCenter Converter''' | '''vCenter Converter''' | ||
Features/functionality... | Features/functionality... | ||
* P2V | * P2V | ||
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* Windows: TCP 139, 443, 445, 902 | * Windows: TCP 139, 443, 445, 902 | ||
* Linux: TCP 22, 443, 902, 903 | * Linux: TCP 22, 443, 902, 903 | ||
'''Guided Consolidation''' | '''Guided Consolidation''' | ||